John Dickson

• Name	John Dickson  [1]
  	From ‘Social Life in Former Days’ p113 John Brown, who, by the Will, was to have one year of his service remitted, had probably engaged on the same terms as John Dickson, who, by an Indenture, dated 30th July 1685, bound himself to embark at Leith, in the ship called "The America Merchant" (John Vevers, commander), for East New Jersey, with George Gordon, and to serve him for four years after their arrival in the province, on the following conditions, to be fulfilled by the master: "To pay for his passage, and to find and allow him meat and drink during the said tyme, and cloaths in manner efterspecefiet, to witt-- two sute of leather in the four years, or one sute of course cloaths yearly; two pair of hose yearly; two shirts, two pair of shoes, two westcoatts, and two pair of drawers, and four neckcloaths, yearly; and, at the end of the said four years, the soume of Four Pounds Sterling, or the value of it in the product of the countrie, or land to the value therof, as the said John Dickson shall think best."
  Gender	Male
  Legal	30 Jul 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Indentured for four years with George Gordon
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by George Gordon on a four-year indenture
  	George Gordon as master to: "To pay for his passage, and to find and allow him meat and drink during the said tyme, and cloaths in manner efterspecefiet, to witt-- two sute of leather in the four years, or one sute of course cloaths yearly; two pair of hose yearly; two shirts, two pair of shoes, two westcoatts, and two pair of drawers, and four neckcloaths, yearly; and, at the end of the said four years, the soume of Four Pounds Sterling, or the value of it in the product of the countrie, or land to the value therof, as the said John Dickson shall think best."
  Role	Oct 1685	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Person ID	I45153	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Legal - Indentured for four years with George Gordon - 30 Jul 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by George Gordon on a four-year indenture - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Oct 1685 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 2nd Series, pp113-114.